Chennai, Dec. 23 -- It is now well known that the Indian rocket LVM3 will be launching the Nasdaq listed US company AST SpaceMobile's second generation satellite BlueBird 6 on Wednesday morning.

But what is not much known is that the company's two senior officials have Indian roots.

They are Shanti Gupta, Chief Operating Officer and Sriram Jayasimha, Chief Scientist Commercial Applications.

Gupta earned his Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, India and a qualified Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the United States.

As AST SpaceMobile's COO, Gupta oversees the company's global operations, including sup...